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SIMATIC S7 Connector

Product
SIMATIC S7 Connector
Product Version
v2.2
Edition
07/2024
Language
en-US (original)
App Version Breaking Change Extra Remarks Change Details Trouble Shooting If Any

1.7.0-x
Configurator Name Change Configurator name is changes from SIMATIC S7 Connector Configurator to Common Connector Configurator since using same configurator we can configure both S7 and OPC UA Connector.

1.7.0-x
Configurator Icon Change Old Icon
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New Icon
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Icon for Configurator is changed.

1.7.0-x
Connection Support Support to configure OPC UA Connections is removed from SIMATIC S7 Connector App. Only S7 and Optimized S7 Connections can be configured in SIMATIC S7 Connector App. User has to install and configure OPC UA Connector App to configure OPC UA connections.

1.7.0-x
SIMATIC S7 Connector Runtime App Update from 1.6/1.7 to 1.8 Configurator version is old ( less than 1.7.x) If user performs delta operation on running project after runtime version is updated to 1.8, delta operation may fail. User should stop the running project , configure and start the project again.

1.7.0-x
SIMATIC S7 Connector Configurator Update from 1.6 to 1.7 Runtime App version is old (less than 1.7.x) If there was already an OPC UA Connection in the previous version of Configurator, then after the update, the OPC UA Connection data is lost and not visible in the Configurator. To keep it sync with the old runtime which has both (S7 and OPC UA Connections), user has to stop the runtime and configure the project again with S7 and Optimized S7 Connections User has the option to export the Configuration with OPC UA connections to take backup of the Configuration file. User can then import the file in OPC UA connector application to ensure data flow from OPC UA connections.

1.7.0-x
Import Configuration File in 1.7 Configurator which contains both S7 and OPC UA Connections which was exported from previous 1.6 Configurator. Configurator version is new (1.7.x) OPC UA Connections are not imported in the SIMATIC S7 Connector App. User has to import the file in OPC UA Connector App to configure OPC UA Connections.

1.7.0-x
Restore in 1.7 Configurator with the Backup File created with 1.6 Configurator. (Backed up configuration includes both S7 and OPC UA Connection in the S7 Connector App). Configurator version is new (1.7.x) OPC UA Connections are not added in the SIMATIC S7 Connector App. Therefore, after restoring data, OPC UA connections will not be published to the broker. The new version of the runtime communicates the non-availability of OPC UA connections by publishing new metadata that does not include any OPC UA connections. User has the option to export the configuration with OPC UA connections to take backup of the configuration file. User can then import the file in OPC UA connector application to ensure data flow from OPC UA connections.

1.7.0-x
SIOS Link and User Manual SIOS page name changes to Common Connector Configurator and the documentation also divided into separate User Manual for S7 Connector and OPC-UA Connector.
1.8.0-x SIMATIC S7 Connector Runtime App Update from 1.6/1.7 to 1.8 If user performs delta operation on running project after runtime version is updated to 1.8, delta operation may fail. User should stop the running project, configure and start the project again.
2.0.0 The Common Configurator does not support delta download functionality. The Common Configurator now supports full downloads, eliminating delta download functionality.
2.0.0 Older payload versions (V1.1 and V1.2) are removed. Now support only 1.5 version of the payload.
2.2.0 SIMATIC S7 Connector app update from older version of the app (<2.2.0 ) to latest (2.2.0) If user configures an Optimized S7 Connection with TLS certificate in an older version of the app, then after updating the app to V2.2.0, data is not published, and the connection to the PLC will be bad. User must create new Certificates according to the section How to support S7+ security and deploy the Project again.